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Two years into practicing as a naturopathic doctor, I hit a wall I didn't expect.
I could help. That part felt good. Someone would come in exhausted and not sleeping, and a chamomile tincture would actually help. Someone with recurrent migraines, and a higher dose of magnesium would take the edge o...
Why I Got Certified as a HeartMath Practitioner (and What HRV Has to Do With Burnout Recovery)
I'm Dr. Katie Barbaccia, a licensed Naturopathic Doctor based in Rochester, NY, and I recently became a certified HeartMath Practitioner.
In my own recovery, and in years of sitting across from clients, ...
Most people don't come to me first.
They come to me after.
After the physical where everything came back "normal." After the specialist who ran the panel, glanced at it, and told you it looked fine. After you did exactly what you were told to do, took the medication, cleaned up the diet, walked th...
My mom is in her 60s and still one of the most driven women I know. Career woman through and through, but something she told me years ago hasĀ resonated with meĀ ever since.
She said: throughout your career, there are opportunities to camp and there are opportunities to climb.
She was talking about ...
You have done everything right.
You researched the magnesium, found a quality B complex, added the vitamin D in the winter because you read three articles that said you should. Maybe you even did a functional panel and someone told you exactly what your body was missing, and you went and got all of...
You don't have to step away from your life to heal. You just need the right strategy.
One of the biggest myths about burnout recovery is that it requires a radical life overhaul. That you need to quit your job, escape to a wellness retreat, or slow everything down to a crawl before your body will c...
For the woman who has tried the standard approach and is still searching for answers.
I have deep respect for conventional medicine. It saves lives. It is essential. And for many health concerns, it is exactly the right tool.
But there is a growing number of women who have done everything right by...
Because there's a difference. And knowing which one you're dealing with changes how you heal.
Everyone gets tired. But burnout is something different, and understanding the distinction matters enormously, because the path to feeling better looks very different depending on where you actually are.
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